Silver is the quiet choice in the Tivah range. It picks up whatever is around it aluminium joinery, galvanised posts, grey render instead of contrasting with it, which is why it turns up on commercial frontages and modern builds where black would read as too deliberate and white as too domestic. This is the single-head adjustable, tilting through 90 and swivelling through 270.

Three part numbers, and the beam angle is the thing to get right

• HV1245T 240V GU10 with the 9-in-1 switchable globe, stepping through 3W, 5W and 7W: 240560lm at 3000K, 255595lm at 4000K, 270630lm at 5500K, in a 60 beam. Triac dimmable.
• HV1247GU10T 240V GU10 fixed at 5W: 270lm, 285lm, 300lm, in a 120 beam.
• HV1247MR16T the same output and 120 beam on 12V DC MR16, requiring a driver.

The switchable model is the narrow one and the fixed 5W models are the wide ones worth stating plainly, because it is the opposite of what people assume when the adjustable-output version is also the tighter beam. Both angles are properties of the globes supplied rather than the housing, so fitting a different GU10 changes the spread.

What the adjustment buys you

Aim is decided at night, on site, with the wall lit not on a drawing. A 60 beam grazing brickwork from close in looks nothing like the same fitting aimed down a path, and neither is obvious until you are standing there. The grub screws hold the setting once made.

Installing it

Both GU10 versions wire straight to 240V mains as earthed Class1 fittings. The MR16 version is 12V DC: it needs an LED driver, must sit within 25m of it, and the supply must stay inside 5% of nominal or the warranty is void. Globes are replaceable to 35W on a 240V GU10 and 20W on a 12V MR16. Colour temperature is a switch on the globe, set at install. IP65 means an exposed wall needs no eave above it. The restriction to check first: the body is powder-coated aluminium and Havit excludes sites within 5km of salt water coastal jobs want the solid brass, solid copper or 316 stainless version. All three carry a 3-year replacement warranty. Ask Lights For You for the matching double adjustable in the same silver if you are lighting a wide facade from one point.

Questions

Which part number has the narrow 60 beam?

HV1245T, the version with the switchable 9-in-1 globe. HV1247GU10T and HV1247MR16T are the wider 120 ones. The angle comes from the globe rather than the housing.

Which version can be dimmed?

HV1245T, on a Triac dimmer. HV1247GU10T and HV1247MR16T are not dimmable with the globes supplied.

What does the 9-in-1 globe do?

It carries switches for three wattages (3 W, 5 W, 7 W) and three colour temperatures, set during installation, so one part number covers nine combinations.

Does it need a driver?

Only HV1247MR16T, which is 12 V DC. It needs a 12 V DC LED driver within 25 m, with the supply inside 5% of nominal.

What is the largest globe it will take?

35 W on the 240 V GU10 versions and 20 W on the 12 V MR16.

Can I use it near the coast?

No. It is powder-coated aluminium and Havit excludes sites within 5 km of salt water. Order the solid brass, solid copper or 316 stainless Tivah instead.

How far does the head move?

90 of tilt and 270 of swivel, held by grub screws once you have set it.